[GRASS-dev] v.what and spatial index

[Hamish]

> Moritz Lennert wrote:
> > v.what calls Vect_build_spatial_index()


note that originally the spatial index *was* written to disk; try running
GRASS 5.7.0 and see (?? not sure exactly when it was removed).

Anyway it was removed after 1-2 years of running with it.

Not a technical answer or argument against it, but be aware that it was
removed with a lot of experience doing it the other way.

further detail can be found in the mailing list archives from the time
it was removed. (maybe same time v.build.all was added?)



Hamish